Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 14: The Force of Coincidence. Quote 6

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 14: The Force of Coincidence. Quote 6

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“It is a rare person who picks up a hand of thirteen spades at bridge and views it as no less likely to occur than any of the other hands he has picked up during his experience as a player …” (p. 175)

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The pathological condition of verbal behavior called aphasia often emphasizes functional differences which are hard to understand in terms of the traditional account … The aphasic has lost some of the functional relationships which control his verbal behavior. A response of a given form may no longer be under the control of one functional relation, although it is still under the control of another. (p. 190)
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“It is a rare person who picks up a hand of thirteen spades at bridge and views it as no less likely to occur than any of the other hands he has picked up during his experience as a player …” (p. 175)

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